Luggage-carrier.



J. H. TABLER. LUGGAGE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 9, 190a.- RENEWED NOV.24, 1909.

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JOHN HOWARD 'I'ABLER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

LUGGAGE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

Application filed October 9, 1908, Serial No. 456.918. Renewed November24, 1909. Serial No. 529,822.

To all whom ti may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HOWARD TABLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented aLuggage-Carrier, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in log gage-carriers, and relates moreespecially to that class of such devices which comprise a binding-strapfor securing the luggage, and a handle-portion for convenience incarrying or supporting the same.

The primary object of my invention is to provide the binding orretaining strap of a luggage-carrier with a particular form of handle orsuspending device and means for connecting the same to the bindingstrap, whereby such handle or suspending device may be convenientlyadjusted as to length, to suit different conditions, and in someinstances arrangement made for detachably connecting said handle orsuspending device at either or both ends; all as hereinafter fullydescribed in the following specification and specifically set forth inthe appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification:Figure l is aperspective view illustrating a luggagecarrier constructedin accordance with my invention, and embodying one form of the device.Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing in detail a modification of theattaching means for the handle or suspending device. Fig. 3 is a similarview showing a second modification of the attaching means.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

In carrying out my invention I employ in the first instance an ordinaryform of binding or retaining strap 1, having a conventional form ofbuckle 2 at one end, such strap being adapted to be placed around thebundle or luggage and tightened thereon by pulling the free end of thestrap through the buckle, as usual. This binding or retaining strap isprovided in the present instance with cleats 3, for the purpose ofsecuring thereto the means of connection for the handle or suspendingstrap, hereinafter described; said cleats, and consequently theconnecting means, being preferably located near that end of the bindingstrap which carries the buckle, and suitably spaced apart.

In Fig. 1 the connecting means for the handle or suspending strapconsists of a rectangular loop 4: secured to the binding strap by one ofthe cleats, and a D-loop 5, secured to said strap by the other cleat;while in Fig. 2 both are D-loops 5, 5, and in Fig. 3 both arerectangular loops 4, 4, the

purposes of the different form of loops being hereinafter apparent.

The handle or suspending device comprises a strap 6, of leather,webbing, or other suitable material, to one end of which is secured abuckle 7, of conventional form, through which the body portion of thestrap passes in slidable engagement to form a loop 8 which may belengthened or shortened to increase or diminish the length of the handleor suspending strap. The loop 8 maybe connected directly to therectangular loop 4 on the binding strap, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, orto a snap-hook, as 9, as in Fig. 2; and the other end of the handle orsuspending strap may be connected either directly to the binding strapby means of the loop 4:, as shown in Fig. 3, or to a snaphook 9, as inFigs. 1 and 2. In each instance, as will be seen, the handle orsuspending strap is adjustable as to length so as to provide a shorthand grasping por tion or extended to form a shoulder strap forsuspending the luggage or bundle from the shoulder, and though the saidhandle or suspending strap may in some instances be permanentlyconnected to the binding strap, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, Iprefer the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, in which one end is detachablyconnected for convenience in passing the suspending strap over theshoulder or other support. However, in some instances it may be desiredto have the handle or suspending strap entirely removable from thebinding strap, so that the latter may be used independently for anypurpose, and therefore in Fig. 2 I have shown both ends of said handleor suspending strap provided with snaphooks.

As will be understood, the rectangular form of metal loop, as 4:, isprovided where the strap itself is placed in looped engagement with themeans of connection to the binding strap, and the D-shaped metal loop,as 5, employed when a snap-hook is used on the strap 6.

A luggage carrier constructed as herein shown and described may be usedfor the many purposes for which the ordinary form of luggage-carrier ofthis particular type are employed, and it is therefore unnecessary torefer to any particular application of the present device, further thanit provides not only for adjusting the handle or suspending strap as tolength, but also the advantage of being detachable at either or bothends for convenience in use.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters-Patent, is

A luggage-carrier, comprising a bindingstrap having a buckle at one end,and two loops secured directly to the binding-strap intermediate itsends and spaced apart a short distance, together with a handle-straphaving abuckle at one end through which the strap is passed to providean adjustable loop at one end of said handle-strap engaging one of theloops of the bindingstrap, and a snap-hook attached to the other 20 endof the handle-strap for detachable connection with the other loop on thebindingstrap, as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 25

